Module: Wa-Tor
(c) 2003 by O.Conrad
Menu: Simulation > Cellular Automata
Description
Wa-Tor - an ecological simulation of predator-prey populations - is based upon A. K. Dewdney's 'Computer Recreations' article in the December 1984 issue of Scientific American.
Parameters
NameTypeIdentifierDescriptionConstraints
Output
Grid (*)Data Object (optional output)GRID
Wa-Tor (*)Grid (optional output)RESULT
CyclesTable (output)TABLE
Options
Width (Cells)IntegerNXMinimum: 1.000000
Height (Cells)IntegerNYMinimum: 1.000000
RefreshBooleanREFRESH
Initial Number of Fishes [%]Floating pointINIT_FISHValue Range: 0.000000 - 100.000000
Initial Number of Sharks [%]Floating pointINIT_SHARKValue Range: 0.000000 - 100.000000
Birth Rate of FishesIntegerFISH_BIRTHMinimum: 0.000000
Birth Rate of SharksIntegerSHARK_BIRTHMinimum: 0.000000
Max. Starvation Time for SharksIntegerSHARK_STARVEMinimum: 0.000000
(*) optional